To: curiosity; edge919
That's simply not true. John Bingham, one of the authors of the 14th amendment, said, "
Off-the-cuff remarks made on the floor of Congress carry no legal weight.
In deciding what the amendment meant to those voting on it, and what it should continue to mean, remarks made on the floor about it by the authors have tremendous significance.
309 posted on
08/26/2010 4:11:05 PM PDT by
aruanan
To: aruanan
In deciding what the amendment meant to those voting on it, and what it should continue to mean, remarks made on the floor about it by the authors have tremendous significance. There's a reason Justice Scalia and other originalists ignore legislative history in their jurisprudence.
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